Profile from 2004
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, is arguably the most powerful person on the national scene. As we have seen in the past week, his every move, his every word, his every expression is scrutinized, analyzed and fed back to us by the national press.
As we have learned during the terms [...]
August 30, 2004 | Posted in
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by Wendell Cayton
Mark Twain once said that rumors of his death had been greatly exaggerated. The same could be said of the dot.com world, despite the calamitous collapse of that economy. Last week I heard an “old economy” stock analyst chortle, “give me bricks not clicks.” But I suspect he is over fifty and without [...]
August 23, 2004 | Posted in
Trends |
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The headlines of the Wall Street Journal® feature were eye-catching . . . “Confessions of a Scam Artist.” This August 9th piece by Glenn Ruffenach featured a lengthy prison interview with Eric Stein, a scam artist who bilked 1,800 investors out of $34 million.
Financial scams have a way of popping up when regulated markets for [...]
August 16, 2004 | Posted in
Health & Living,
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Liquidity, liquidity, liquidity is as important to retirement planning as location, location, location is to buying real estate. A retirement plan without adequate consideration for liquidity can become a scenario of frustrations and dashed dreams.
Liquidity in a retirement plan is the ability to write a large check to cover an unforeseen expense, without paying early [...]
August 9, 2004 | Posted in
Financial Planning |
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As stocks are bouncing along their bottoms for the year, we are left to conclude that buyers must be on vacation. The lethargic stock market performance certainly cannot be attributed to a problem with economic fundamentals. The economy is showing anything but “dog day” attributes.
Corporate profits have been on a tear as the economy continues [...]
August 2, 2004 | Posted in
Economy,
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